Nesmith



.zontal axle, d, within the wheel-box G.

taten @gettato-@tti Kif :NESMlTI-I, OF MEIAMORA, ILLINOIS.

Leners raamt No. 87,698, aan umh 9, 1869.

WROVEIVIENT IN 'REGISTERINGPPARATUS FOR STUJLS.

Ille Schedule referred to in theaeLetters iFatenl: and making part of the lame.

To all whom tuna/y concem:

Be it 'known that we, JOHN Mmon, of the city of Peoria, and State of Illinois, and MILTON W. Nnsiurrrr and GEORGE. W. N Esm'rn, both of Metamora, in the county of Woodford, and vented a Still-Register, for indicating the number of charges passed through the chamber or chambers of a still; and we do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description .of the construction and operation thereof, reference being had to the annexed drawingsgmaking a part of this specication, in whichlike letters' of reference refer to like' parts.

Figure 1 is a perspective view, one side of the enclosing-box being removed to exhibit the regsteiz Figure 2, side elevation of register, and attachment to the still.

Figure 3, superficial view.

Figure 4, end view.

-Figure 5, profile of register-lever.

Figure 6, rear viewof same.

Figure .'7, prole of pawl a of the register-lever.

-This -register is designed to chronicle the number of charges passed out of any chamber of a still or other receptacle.

In attaching this apparatus to a still, the ordinary T-handle of the discharge-valve jp,'of the still-chamber, is cut oli` near the outside surface of the still, and thread cut on the projecting end of the stem, on to which is screwed a slotted head, i. f

In this latter is inserted a similar slotted head, h, of a new handle, E, the sternV of which is continued horizontally to the outside of the enclosing-box A, which protects the registering-apparatus v The slotted head k, lof the added handle, is secured in the slot ofthe valve-stem D, by-a bolt, or its equivalent, through the forward ends of the slotted head i.

From the side ofthe added handle E, or its stem, or from the slot h, in its head, projects a staple and slot, g, which embraces a lever, F, which moves the regis-A tering-wheels f f f, &c. vThis lever is curved, to allow of\its easy motion in the 'slot g of the new handle.

` The lower end of the same lever is carried on a hori- A cheek or plate, e, forms an extension of the lower end of the lever, on which, between the end or point of the lever and the register-wheel f', is pivoted the pawl a, which engages with the ratchet on the register-wheel j1 only when the lever F is depressed.

The pawl a consists of two arms, meetingl at an obtuse angle, andpivoted to the cheek of the lever', one arm projecting beyond the cheek-plate, and engaging with the ratchet before mentioned, the other arm being confined by the lower end of the lever.

A spring, b, acting on a lug in the retiring angle of the pawl, and, confined on a pin tothe cheek-plate,

said State, have in- I as to turn, with a slight impulse, one figure forwardon an axle, to which Athey are partially held by a small spring.

This axle is set at right angles totheA lever F, and

in such manner that the pawl a of the lever'enga when lifted,l with the ratchet on 'the first or unit- Wheel f1 on that end of the axle. The latter is supporte-d, at either end, in the ends of the register-A `The numeral-wheels on this axle each'carry the figures -l, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 0, on their circumfereus, the three wheels farthest from the lever having a spur-pinion on one of their sides, which engage with similarpinions on a parallel axle alongside of them. v Dogs yn n n, on the numeral-wheels, transfer the tens along the line of numeral-wheels, by striking, after each wheel oirfthe series has made ten revolutions in turn, the opposite ratchet-wheel j, which'is the medium of the transfer.

The whole apparatus, thus describedlis enclosed within an iron box, A, bolted to the sideof the still, around the discharge-valve stem, leaving the T-handle .projecting from the box.

A cover, B, with hinge and staple, and safety-lock, secures the whole apparatus inviolate. The operation of this register is as follows:

On pulling the T-handle of the valve, the lever F of the register being then upright, with the point of the pawl a beneath the ratchet numeral-wheel f1, the slot g, on lthe valve-stem E, depresses the lever, and engages its pawl a with the ratchet numeral wheel f, which is thus turned one-tenth of its circuit registering one discharge.

A similar pulling of the valve-handle registers two discharges; so, continuously, until ten discharges have been registered. As the tenth figure, or 0, appears uppermost on the unit-wheel f1, 'the dog n, on aits side, transfels, by the medium of the ratchet-wheel j, ou the adjoining axle, the ten counts registered tothe tens, which now exhibits the figure 1, the unitwheel showing 0; so, continuously, with the other wheels, until, ifa suihcient number ofwheels be engaged, millions may be registered. And as-the register can be thus made to chronicle all discharges, even beyond a million, an inspection of the register would be unnecessary until monthshad elapsed.

By the union of the two slots h and i, in the respective heads of the stems D and E, the slot on the added stem E operates on the register-lever F, which effects the registry of the discharge before the slotted head hof the added stem E begins to act on the valvestein D in withdrawing the valve.

In testimony that we claim the above, we have hereunto subscribed our names, in the presence of two Witnesses.

JOHN MINOR. MILTON W. N ESMITH.

GEORGE W. NESMITH. Witnesses:

ELIOT GALLENDER, E. S. WHITTLESEY. 

